Minnie and Lovie Ward Rec Center News – San Francisco Recreation and Parkhttps://sfrecpark.org
Get out and play!Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:35:45 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3Celebrate Earth Month by Volunteering in our Parks!https://sfrecpark.org/celebrate-earth-month-by-volunteering-in-our-parks/
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:06:31 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=120033Join our Earth Month Madness this April by volunteering in our parks! We have numerous volunteer workdays across the city that are perfect for celebrating our planet! For more information or to RSVP for any of these events please email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call (415) 831-6330 Where: Alamo Square (Hayes & … Continue reading →]]>

Join our Earth Month Madness this April by volunteering in our parks! We have numerous volunteer workdays across the city that are perfect for celebrating our planet! For more information or to RSVP for any of these events please email recparkvolunteer@sfgov.org or call (415) 831-6330

Where:Alamo Square (Hayes & Steiner Tennis Courts)

When: 4/7/18 9:00 -12:00 pm

Who: Alamo Square Neighborhood Association

What: Volunteer Work Party with the Friends Of Alamo Square neighborhood members to perform park beautification to enhance the native and ornamental beds in Alamo Square. Weeding, mulching and planting in the spring with the rains.

Where: Crocker Amazon Playground (Italy & Moscow parking Lot)

When: 4/7/18 9:00 -12:00 pm

Who: FO Crocker Amazon

What: Volunteer Work Party with the Friends of Crocker Amazon. Volunteers worked on the restored hillside slope that runs the backside length of the playing fields to support CA native habitat restoration with an intensive planting of ground cover, shrub and small trees. All plants are drought tolerant and thrive in the sandy soil of Crocker Amazon.

Where: Palou Phelps Mini – Park (Palou & Phelps St.)

When: 4/7/18 10:00 -12:00 pm

Who: FO Palou Phelps Mini-Park

What: Volunteer Work Party with the neighborhood members around the mini park. Volunteers work with Natural Areas Division staff on the upper hillside areas above the park removing invasive plants as habitat restoration in a small grassland section of San Francisco. Native grassland species are present to support local fauna.

Where: GGP Kezar Triangle

When: 4/7/18 9:00 -12:00 pm

Who: FO Kezar

What: Volunteer Work Party with the FO Kezar Triangle. Neighbors work with GGP Section 7 operation staff to improve the boundary plantings that ring the northside and southside of the park to support ornamental and native CA plantings that border the park serve as beauty, habitat for many species, a physical buffer from cars on Kezar and Fredrick Drives.

Where: Mt. Olympus (Upper Terrace)

When: 4/7/18 9:00 -12:00 pm

Who: FO Mt. Olympus

What: Volunteer Work Party with the neighborhood members of Mt. Olympus. Weeding and pruning in the winter time the planting zones in and around the obelisk.

Where: GGP Nursery (100 MLK Drive)

When: 4/7/18 9:30 -12:30 pm

Who: FO Nursery

What: Volunteer Work Party to produce native CA plants as routine Plant Propagation to increase the overall numbers of CA native plants for the Oak Woodlands Habitat.

What: Volunteer Work Party with the neighborhood members to improve the perimeter plantings around the children’s play area including park beautification to enhance the pollinator attractor plants and habitat for local insects.

What: Community Garden Volunteer work party maintenance of the public spaces of a community garden that supports the mitigation of food insecurity in the Southeast District of SF.

]]>National Night Out on August 1https://sfrecpark.org/national-night-out-on-august-1/
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:22:47 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=114422Tuesday, August 1 is National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. Rec centers and parks across the city will be participating in this event with a variety of live entertainment, arts and recreational … Continue reading →]]>

Tuesday, August 1 is National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. Rec centers and parks across the city will be participating in this event with a variety of live entertainment, arts and recreational activities and informational opportunities. The following SF Rec and Park locations will be participating:

SFRPD presents our annual Turkey Cook Off this Friday, November 18 from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at the Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center (650 Capitol Avenue). In addition, judges are also needed from 6:45 – 7:45 p.m. that day.

Please contact Susan Curry at 415-337-4710 for more information or if you are interested in being a judge.

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Mon, 06 Jun 2016 20:12:51 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=104656Looking for a great part time job in Action Sports???

]]>Free Exercise Classes at Minnie & Lovie Wardhttps://sfrecpark.org/free-exercise-classes-at-minnie-lovie-ward/
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 21:05:46 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=96155Kinesiology students from San Francisco State University are offering free exercise classes at Minnie and Lovie Ward Rec Center every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday as part of 100 Citizens, a program of Cal State Universities in partnership with SF Rec and Park. Get in shape and improve your health! Meet … Continue reading →]]>

Kinesiology students from San Francisco State University are offering free exercise classes at Minnie and Lovie Ward Rec Center every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday as part of 100 Citizens, a program of Cal State Universities in partnership with SF Rec and Park.

Get in shape and improve your health! Meet on the turf field at Minnie and Lovie Ward (650 Capitol Avenue) every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; and on Saturdays from 8 to 9 a.m.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their patience during this athletic field renovation project. We have now completed this project and the field is open for recreational play. Hope you enjoy this newly renovated park facility.

The Minnie & Lovie Recreation Center Athletic Field is reopening on Sunday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (official Ceremony at noon). This multi-purpose athletic field will host a variety of sports including: soccer, football, softball, baseball, lacrosse, volleyball and general sports play. This field renovation is part of the Playfields Initiative, a project of San Francisco Recreation and Parks and the City Fields Foundation to provide safe, accessible athletic fields for every local child who wants to play sports.

Renovation Highlights:

Synthetic turf athletic field

State-of-the-art, automatic field lights

Baseball/softball dugouts and backstops

New fencing

New landscaping and walking paths

]]>Field Renovation Project Moving Forward, as Plannedhttps://sfrecpark.org/field-renovation-project-moving-forward-as-planned/
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:26:41 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=71922Hello Park Advocates- The athletic field project is still moving forward as planned. The various contractors are aggressively completing their various work tasks. If you swing by the site you will see the concrete contractors completing their final work on the southern retaining walls as well as the installation of … Continue reading →]]>

Hello Park Advocates-

The athletic field project is still moving forward as planned. The various contractors are aggressively completing their various work tasks. If you swing by the site you will see the concrete contractors completing their final work on the southern retaining walls as well as the installation of the new concrete pedestrian pathways that will encircle the field. Other exciting work includes the installation of all the electrical conduit and wire. This coming week, you might get a glimpse of the electrical contractor erecting the new athletic field lights. Below is a photo of the one of the new light pole foundations.

]]>“Parks Make Recreation Fun in District 11”https://sfrecpark.org/event/parks-make-recreation-fun-in-district-11/
Fri, 21 Mar 2014 01:00:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=64372Join our Community Recreation Council members for District 11 to discuss ideas for new programming and hear what we have planned for Spring and Summer! You will have the opportunity to voice … Continue reading →]]>

Join our Community Recreation Council members for District 11 to discuss ideas for new programming and hear what we have planned for Spring and Summer! You will have the opportunity to voice your ideas and meet the recreation and park staff. Information about volunteering opportunities will also be available. Complimentary dinner and childcare will be provided for all that RSVP. Please RSVP by 3/7/14 with Jackie Battle at (415) 205-5971 or 337-4710.

]]>Minnie Lovie Fields Getting Closerhttps://sfrecpark.org/minnie-lovie-fields-getting-closer/
Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:37:26 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=66401(Photo: hundreds of yards of crushed drain rock being moved across the project site) If you haven’t been by the site recently, the contractor has started working on the underground drainage system. The field will have a new, elaborate drainage system which will allow that field to be played on … Continue reading →]]>

(Photo: hundreds of yards of crushed drain rock being moved across the project site)

If you haven’t been by the site recently, the contractor has started working on the underground drainage system. The field will have a new, elaborate drainage system which will allow that field to be played on during water weather conditions; it will also require no irrigation which will save hundreds of thousands of gallons of water each year. Putting your athletic equipment away during the winter months will be a thing of the past. When this project is complete, teams will be able to play on the fields year round.

]]>Chinese Lunar New Yearhttps://sfrecpark.org/event/chinese-lunar-new-year/
Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:30:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=62051Continue reading →]]>Gung Hay Fat Choy! Minnie and Lovie Recreation Center will host a Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration honoring the year of the Horse. This family friendly event is free and will include refreshments, entertainment, facepainting, children’s jumper, arts/crafts and more. If you would like to volunteer for this event please contact Marianne Kjobmand at (415) 831-6327 or email: marianne.kjobmand@sfgov.org.
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